1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/fastsearch/XMLField.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/fastsearch/XMLField.java
index cb115502468..d768dda2657 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/fastsearch/XMLField.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/fastsearch/XMLField.java
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ public class XMLField extends DocsumField {
     @Override
     public Object convert(Inspector value) {
         /* In Vespa 6 the backend will send an XML-formatted string to represent
-         * positions data.  This will change in next version to sending an array
-         * of objects instead, suitable for the PositionsData class.
+         * positions data.  This will change in next version to sending an object
+         * or an array of objects instead, suitable for the PositionsData class.
          */
-        if (value.type() == Type.ARRAY) {
+        if (value.type() == Type.OBJECT || value.type() == Type.ARRAY) {
             return new PositionsData(value);
         }
         return convert(value.asString(""));